Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-28
Sacramento Aroused.


| The boomer has reached Sacramento,
and, much to the disgust of the silurians,
he received such a cordial welcome that
he has concluded to tarry in the city by
the river and lend the citizens his aid in
stirring up matters and arousing public
interest.
On Wednesday evening large and en-
thusiastic meeting of the solid men of
Sacramento was held, and some pretty
| plain language was used Being a family
| gathering, the speakers did not think it
necessary to dress up their city in paint
and powder, nor to make congratulatory
speeches about what had been done, but
more wisely confined themselves to giving
a plain, unvarnished picture of the de-
fects, and pointing out in a general way
what ought to be done to remedy them
This is the right spirit in which to CON-
mence reform of any kind. So long as we
can convince ourselves that we are in per-
| feet health, we scout the idea of needing a
| doctor. 1t is only when we know that we
are i'll that the physician becomes a per-
sonage of importance, and know myself"
applies as well TO cities as to individuals
general committee was appointed to
formulate plans for organization, and to
examine and handle the all-important
questions Of promoting the immediate in
terests OF the city and its suburbs. This
committee should take a leaf from the
experience of similar bodies elsewhere, and
be careful lest it is swamped in a SCI of
"whereases ?" and " be it resolveds" As
John Hay says, they may resolute till
the cows come home" and accomplish
nothing. They must put their hands into
peoples pockets especially their own, and
extract the unwilling dollars, if they want
to do anything. Money is just as essential
in improving town as it is in building or
rebuilding it, and is just rs safe and sure
a investment.
In spite of an opinion which we imagine
is current in Sacramento, this city is in no
respect jealous of the growth or improve
ment Of that one. On the contrary, San
Francisco would be more than pleased to
see Sacramento the distributing point for
Central and Northern California, doing
every dollars worth of business which she
can legitimately secure. We should be
glad to see Sacramento have population
of 100000 or as many more as she can sup
port, for we know that when she does San
Francisco will have a population of Co.,,
600. Every town and every city in the
State is, TO certain extent dependent
upon San Francisco, just as San Francisco
is dependent upon them, and no Court can
pronounce a valid decree of divorce be-
tween them. This jealousy OF the city as
to the INFERIOR or of the interior of the city,
is all sheer nonsense. Neither can exist or
prosper without the other, and we know
perfectly well that for every dollar that
Sacramento or Marysville, or anywhere
else, gains in permanent increase of values,
we get percentage of it.
Although the southern part of the State
has had wonderful increase of late, this
part has not been absolutely standing still.
We are building good many houses every
year and our NEST pressing needs are all
upon the surface. The figures of the dis
trlbution of the lumber product of the
coast for the past year show that while the
enormous amount of 100000. 900 feet went
to the southern part of the State, the still
larger amount of 297 100000 feet came to
San Francisco, and was distributed in the
city and its immediate neighborhood. An
excess of nearly fifty per cent. over South
ern California shows conclusively that this
part of the State is not at a standstill.
In this advance we presume Sacramento
has shared to some extent, but it is pleas
ant thing to see that her citizens are not
satisfied TO let well enough alone, but pro-
pose TO make well enough very much bet
Ter, if concert of action and vigorous en-
terprise can do it, and no movement COM
menced under such auspices and with such
nublic-spirited citizens behind it, can fail
| succeed.